Australia

Speaking with TMR today, Mercedes-Benz Australia's Jerry Stamoulis confirmed that the new GL 63 AMG is under consideration for a local debut, although the company is waiting on final details from Europe before a decision can be made.

"The GL 63 would certainly work well here, particularly given the huge demand for the smaller ML 63," Mr Stamoulis said.

The regular 2013 GL-Class is scheduled to arrive in the new year, with a focus on the popular GL 350 CDI diesel model: "the diesel variants make up around 90 percent of sales in the GL-Class," Mr Stamoulis added.